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[mazHur]

the earth bluer still
the blue blush from a blunder
made in yesterdays



the blue blush from a blunder

nice alliteration!

made in yesterdays
the blue blunders keep smiling
on unblushingly

[opheliac]

on unblushingly
the silver moon kissed the stars
falling over ruins

[mazHur]

falling over ruins
moon light clenched every bit of
it in its ghostly arms

[opheliac]

it in its ghostly arms
starved of love, the blackest tree
haunts a barren field

[mazHur]

haunts a barren field
in search of an easy kill
but finds no morsel

[opheliac]

but finds no morsel
no way out of this torture
as madmen cut hearts

[atiguhya padma]

As madmen cut hearts
Fearing nothing. Death - truly
The servant of life

[caesar]

The servant of life
Bid farewell to his master
To be free in hell

[atiguhya padma]

To be free in hell
Almost as laughable as
A slave in heaven

[mazHur]

A slave in heaven
is worse than a master in
hell.What do you think?

[kiz_paws]

hell.What do you think?
a difficult haiku
these unfinished thoughts

[CdnReader]

these unfinished thoughts
hover, anticipated,
above the keyboard

[mazHur]

above the keyboard
lies the door to cyber world
both lock and keys there

[CdnReader]

both lock and keys there (clever, Maz!)
we are as our own jailers
always free to leave

[mazHur]

both lock and keys there (clever, Maz!)
we are as our own jailers
always free to leave

thanks but the sequel added by you completes it all ! beautiful indeed!


always free to leave
always bound to our own
hearts, our own will.

[CdnReader]

(Thanks, Maz!)

own hearts, our own will
take possession of your self
pointless to lay blame

[qimissung]

pointless to lay blame
winged ones pay homage to the
death of innocence

[kiz_paws]

Death of innocence
my roses by the wayside
love, when will you learn?

[opheliac]

Love, when will you learn?
We are silently drowning
With tears in our souls.

[mazHur]

With tears in our souls
we melt in our bodies
like the glaciers.

[djy78usa]

like the glaciers
ever so slowly moving
to the waiting sea

[opheliac]

to the waiting sea
the brave bird will swiftly fly
leaving home behind

[opheliac]

leaving home behind
he's riding across the waves
into strange land

[qimissung]

into strange land
I seek obsidian and myrrh,
tempting me onward

[CdnReader]

tempting me onward
summer zephyrs drift slowly
through my waking dream

[Il Penseroso]

through my waking dream
reality blends like sand
tumbled by the wind

[mazHur]

tumbled by the wind
speech travels taciturnly
from flowers to moth

[Il Penseroso]

correct me if I'm wrong... (and if I'm right I really like that last line)

from flowers to mouth
light is scattered by the mind
uncoiled escape

[mazHur]

''uncoiled escape'',,,,unique expression but do you mean an escape without turning back?



uncoiled escape
from the pangs of the mundane
just you and me there

[Il Penseroso]

actually I was thinking snake-like with "uncoiled" - pent up energy with a serpentine push

just you and me there
under a veil of branches,
passion blinds the stars

[mazHur]

oh, I see! You meant to 'uncurl' like a cobra! Scary!


passion blinds the stars
makes them blink like tired eyes
rent with sleeplessness.

[opheliac]

rent with sleeplessness
I stalk the quiet graveyard
zombie-like in gloom

[opheliac]

zombie-like in gloom
dreams of you are forbidden,
though I can't forget

[mazHur]

though I can't forget
but am ready to forgive
you for loving me

[TheFifthElement]

you for loving me -
the fruit bowl overflows with
big fat strawberries.

[Pendragon]

big fat strawberries,
luscious, delightful, and sweet
hope springs eternal...

[qimissung]

hope springs eternal
as sure as belief in springs'
return graces our souls

[mazHur]

return graces our souls
-souls engulfed in corporeal
forms screaming for peace

[symphony]

forms screaming for peace
and the formless shapeless gods
to fight and resolve

[opheliac]

to fight and resolve
the tyrannies of the age
with a tongue, not blade

[atiguhya padma]

With a tongue, not blade
With great passion in words
Are meanings made clean

[symphony]

are meanings made clean
with their meaningless pursuits
for more meanings yet?

[mazHur]

for more meanings yet
you want me to tell you more
Baby, please slow down!

[symphony]

Baby, please slow down!
We snub our tails everyday
to appear nicer

[mazHur]

to appear nicer
you don't have to snub your tail
just keep on smiling!

[symphony]

just keep on smiling
but take care of the laugh lines
mistook as wrinkles

[mazHur]

mistook as wrinkles
laugh lines are not going to
change like destiny!

[qimissung]

change like destiny
fate mutates-a protean
vision come to life

[opheliac]

vision come to life
from primordial darkness
a glimmering halo

[mazHur]

a glimmering halo
around the visage of love
gives new hue to life

[Oniw17]

gives new hue to life
sunset on empty beaches
where is the veiwer

[opheliac]

where is the viewer
I can only hear echoes
from across the sea

[mazHur]

from across the sea
come mongoose and porcupines
hidden in the hold

[atiguhya padma]

Hidden in the hold
An answer. Amorphous clue
Finds form like vapour

[mazHur]

Finds form like vapour
and reason gets lost to faith
love and trust prevail

[Oniw17]

love and trust prevail
but if one part should faulter
it will all crumble

[mazHur]

it will all crumble
but would still be prized by the
salvage company!

[kiz_paws]

salvage company --
treasures of a former life
lay waiting their fate

[mazHur]

lay waiting their fate
two lovers at the city
terminal of life

[atiguhya padma]

Terminal of life
The junction of ideas
Train of lived events

[ShoutGrace]

Train of lived events
Cumulative and forcing
Leading to a point.

[Il Penseroso]

leading to a point
light enraptured by its weight,
erasing itself

[Il Penseroso]

erasing itself,
time wears etchings cast in stone,
dates of swallowed life

[atiguhya padma]

Dates of swallowed life
Tweflth night, xmas, easter, birth
Consumption breeds death

[mazHur]

Consumption breeds death
stops you from getting older
what else do you want?

[Pensive]

What else do you want?
Your greatest enemy lies
Under feet of mine

[atiguhya padma]

Under feet of mine
Trapped in fragile hollows
Smell of age and life

[ShoutGrace]

Smell of age and life
Reminder of what has come,
Prelude to the end.

[mazHur]

Prelude to the end
prologue to a new take off
life followed by life

[CdnReader]

life followed by life
an unending cycle of
new chances to learn

[symphony]

new chances to learn
the sciences of this dewdrop:
--a touch--a tremble--

[mazHur]

--a touch--a tremble
there is no other pleasure
better than first kiss!

[alakungfu]

Better than first kiss,
Earnester than Earnestine,
Beauty true as Io.

[mazHur]

Beauty true as Io
the eye beholds in a go
sleight of hand is slow

[Riesa]

sleight of hand is slow
in zero gravity. Bored
astronaut magic.

[Il Penseroso]

niiiice :)

astronaut magic
catapults into cartwheels
these free-thinking forms


I think I'm a bit rusty... :)

[Riesa]

you rusty? naaahh.

these free-thinking forms
in shadows of high steeples
kneel in world wonder.

[Il Penseroso]

kneel in world wonder,
on bent knees caress the fire
carried in grass blades

[alakungfu]

Carried in grass blades,
attacks at the roots of deeds.
Approach the problems.

[Riesa]

approach the problems
with a screwdriver, lefty
loosey, righty tight

[alakungfu]

loosey, righty tight
the cat and dog like to fight
hiss, howl through the night

[mazHur]

hiss, howl through the night
rather growl at the day's blight
to lover's delight

[symphony]

to lover's delight
the moonshine wets the nightqueens
in white fragrancy

[mazHur]

in white fragrance ( i think it is fragrance, noun!!)
hides a message form my love
untold, taciturn.

[symphony]

I thought it's called "fragrancy" too? Ah never mind.

untold, taciturn.
the driblets furled in the leaf
trickling down the greens

[alakungfu]

trickling down the greens
a battalion of golf balls
armed to the eyeteeth

[mazHur]

armed to the eyeteeth
ready to pounce at the first
thing that came its way

[CdnReader]

thing that came its way --
sharp, needle teeth and loud snarl.
It's just life. Don't run!

[mazHur]

It's just life. Don't run!
the way is long life is short
you will end up soon!

[CdnReader]

you will end up soon
enough, knee-deep in water,
soggy shoes dripping

[alakungfu]

soggy shoes dripping
saltwater through the eyelets;
immured rivulets

[Il Penseroso]

immured rivulets
drip along glass, past notice
by expectant stares

[bluelala]

what is this？？

[symphony]

what is this??
Well well well, it all began when...

Ok, so, I write a haiku, then the next poster uses the last line of myhaiku... k? ;)

Haiku:
1. A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.

2. A poem written in this form.


what will you become
anything you want to be
Truth in time will tell
Hope that was clear enough. :)


Now, back to Il Penseroso's last line.

by expectant stares
sapphire skies and sapphire eyes
rainless farming days

[mazHur]

rainless farming days
make the solitary lass
eye the sky in tears

[zanna]

eye the sky in tears
turns the clouds streaky, makes the
birds take on new forms

[mazHur]

birds take on new forms
thanks to Evolution but
men would still ape apes

[alakungfu]

men would still ape apes
in a spontaneous world,
droll end to control

[symphony]

droll end to control
a laughter here, others there
in plastic pretense

[qimissung]

in plastic pretense-
death-break through to unnerving
reality-LIVE!

[TheFifthElement]

Reality-LIVE!
Dust piles on the mantelpiece,
the clock tocks and stops.

[CdnReader]

The clock tocks and stops.
Time is as nothing compared
to the loss of you.

[mazHur]

to the loss of you
I prefer to lose this world
and the world beyond.

[CdnReader]

and the world beyond
beckons, with a crooked grin,
inviting us in

[mazHur]

inviting us in
the angels left to fetch us
goblets of pure love

[CdnReader]

^^ You're such a romantic, Maz. ;)

Goblets of pure love
Please dispense generously
Fill my empty cup

[mazHur]

thanks :)

Fill my empty cup
with the nectar of your love
give me a new life.

[CdnReader]

give me a new life
with velvet and roses and
elbow-length silk gloves

[mazHur]

elbow-length silk gloves
and much more is yours for free
smile and keep smiling!

[CdnReader]

smile and keep smiling
through stormy times and through calm,
bring your best self here

[Il Penseroso]

bring your best self here
to lounge, glorified by maids
in decorous gold

[alakungfu]

in decorous gold
glisten threads of heroism
embedded in name

[qimissung]

embedded in name
starwise pilot, guide me home
to live in your heart

[ampoule]

to live in your heart
my pulse beating with your pulse
never knowing which

[mazHur]

never knowing which
but my heart keeps on beating
with four compartments

[CdnReader]

with four compartments
to choose from, how will I pick
the right one for me?

[mazHur]

the right one for me
should be the right one for both
of us , to be fair

[CdnReader]

of us, to be fair,
there needs a compromise struck
that pleases us both.

[mazHur]

that pleases us both,
a compromise or contract,
put in black and white

[Riesa]

put in black and white
the stars and night, yellow the
sun, and blue the sky.

[CdnReader]

sun, and blue the sky
white the clouds that drift so high,
soaring above life.

[qimissung]

soaring above life
clouds a white carpet below
I wander seeking

[mazHur]

I wander seeking
unaware that what I search
lives in my own heart.

[qimissung]

lives in my own heart
resides there glowing, warming
me from inside out

[mazHur]

me from inside out
no other color but one
the color of love!

[Uncle Lar]

me from inside out
reveals a whole new world of
higher mysteries

[mazHur]

welcome!

higher mysteries
will follow you uncle ji
unless you stand up!

[qimissung]

the color of love
a wash of bright in the dark
which sings out "I'm here!"

[mazHur]

which sings out "I'm here!"
which also sings, 'You are there!''
Let's sing 'We are here!':)

[qimissung]

Let's sing 'We are here!'
our voices together make
unique harmony

[alakungfu]

unique harmony
chimes in my convertible
ripping down the road

[CdnReader]

ripping down the road
my cares thrown to the west wind
grainfields sway in time

[alakungfu]

grainfields sway in time
like the parabolic reach
etched in parable

[CdnReader]

etched in parable
stories with morals that
touch our hearts deeply

[mazHur]

touch our hearts deeply
droplets of tears flowing
down cheeks like monsoons

[alakungfu]

down cheeks like monsoons
in a moment of clarity
some deluge has passed

[mazHur]

some deluge has passed
the Ark of Noah ready
for a new journey

[qimissung]

for a new journey
I need new eyes, heart, soul
the adventure begins

[mazHur]

the adventure begins
there is no need for new things
they say Old is Gold!

[alakungfu]

they say Old is Gold
I'll show you a faded page
that holds precious dreams

[Il Penseroso]

that holds precious dreams,
a vase evanescently
blooming from the seams

[alakungfu]

blooming from the seams
expressionless 'til blown 'round
Van Gogh's irises

[Uncle Lar]

blooming from the seams
of the depths of creation;
oh, how life is grand!

[Uncle Lar]

Van Gogh's irises
conceal, divine, and reveal
beautiful artwork

[alakungfu]

beautiful artwork
reflecting the splendour of life,
lines in artifice

[qimissung]

lines in artifice
yet illusions that speak to
our souls deepest truths

[alakungfu]

our souls deepest truths
reflect Horace' advantage
or Homer's purpose

[mazHur]

or Homer's purpose
ended up with his destined
end infinitely

[alakungfu]

end infinitely
sweet of elevated means
inescapable

[mazHur]

inescapable
from the spell of her beauty
i cry out her name!

[learntodiscover]

i cry out her name!
But she is unaware..NO!
Her love is waning!

[learntodiscover]

Her love is waning!
hanging on the thinnest thread
oh mother, need me!

[alakungfu]

Oh mother, need me!
What told you to desert me?
My cries reached deaf ears...

[kiz_paws]

My cries reached deaf ears
two-dimensional beings
are predictable

[alakungfu]

are predictable
in the most productive sense
pop culture heroes

[mazHur]

pop culture heroes
like figure among zeros
damn care for foxtrot

[alakungfu]

damn care for foxtrot
moving metaphor in step
with life's light foibles

[mazHur]

with life's light foibles
let not our love suffer
from pangs of mistrust

[learntodiscover]

from pangs of mistrust
old and unforgotten wounds
oozing the pus of failure

[qimissung]

oozing pus of failure
dying soldier lay giving
his soul to heaven

[alakungfu]

his soul to heaven
directed by fate's busy
loom adjunct time's tryst

[Haven]

...loom adjunct time's tryst
snow blooms held against his face
cool his anguished soul

[Il Penseroso]

cool his anguished soul,
smooth the unbridled ripples
of his beating heart

[alakungfu]

of his beating heart
she dared not blurt out to Love's
ready bow'draped trunk

[mazHur]

ready bow'draped trunk
struck by Cupid's arrow in
the heart proved the end!

[qimissung]

The heart proved the end
is only the beginning
I open the dark box

[mazHur]

I open the dark box
grope for the luring pin hole
stumble and fall down

[qimissung]

stumble and fall down
atomic sunburst blooms my brain
seeps into the void

[mazHur]

seeps into the void
fills the crevices of hope
your thought your love

[alakungfu]

your thought yout love
meander through my sense of
strewn protectiveness

[kiz_paws]

Strewn protectiveness
emaciated bodies
slink down the catwalk

[mazHur]

slink down the catwalk
safety is important from
grossly gazing eyes!

[alakungfu]

grossly gazing eyes
adjusting their jarred focus
seeing but not real

[kiz_paws]

Seeing but not real
feeling and yet not touching
how fragile love is

[mazHur]

how fragile love is
it became evident to me
after I met you

[Haven]

after I met you
my heart, it filled with sunshine
summer every day

[mazHur]

summer every day
roses, lilies and daisies
smiling,blossoming

[alakungfu]

smiling, blossoming
in Gucci line, Fendi style,
Prada interest

[kiz_paws]

Prada interest
grab that handbag and go girl
it's shop till you drop!

[mercymyqueen]

It's shop till you drop!
Who cares if it's his money?
Thought you hated him...

[alakungfu]

Thought you hated him...
Threw back at him that men fuse
But women fashion.

[wilbur lim]

But woman fashion
Exuberantly and gleefully,
Being a spendthrift and subsequently run out of money.

[Riesa]

umm.

being a spendthrift
I rip the pockets of men~
whistling dixie, all rich and glistening.

oh shut *tf* up
if he can, then I can too!
haiku cops, vanish!

[mazHur]

haiku cops, vanish!
people are breaking signals
won't stop at red light!

[firefangled]

umm.

being a spendthrift
I rip the pockets of men~
whistling dixie, all rich and glistening.

oh shut *tf* up
if he can, then I can too!
haiku cops, vanish!

O hell yes, Riesa!!

Loved it.

*
won't stop at red light
don't need no stinking green ones
I brake for visions

[kiz_paws]

I brake for visions
drinking in the aesthetics
I try to freeze Time

[mazHur]

I try to freeze Time
but in vain as my sighs are
filled with heat of pain

[kiz_paws]

Filled with heat of pain
yet the Master needs help now
a limping dog runs

[mazHur]

a limping dog runs;
has some miracle happened?
it's no more drizzling

[thegitksan]

It's no more drizzling.
Blissful sun on heated skin:
Extreme horniness.

[thegitksan]

Extreme horniness:
Deeply peaceful vibration.
Mug falls off table.

[wilbur lim]

Mug falls off table,
Followed by a resonate sound
Which riles the sturdy father.

[mazHur]

Extreme horniness
yet dimensions of shadows
keep changing with time

[mazHur]

Mug falls off table
the table tips off the floor
quaker shakes the floor

[kiz_paws]

Quaker shakes the floor
and makes cracks in the plaster
and scowls from my man

[mazHur]

and scowls from my man
remind me of his kin folks
I saw in the zoo!

[princesspoppi]

I saw in the zoo
Rubbish blowing in the wind
A little girl smiles

[firefangled]

A little girl smiles,
in this moment, through her fears,
this is what you see

[mazHur]

this is what you see
but infact this is not what
you really saw

[kiz_paws]

you really saw
but completely missed the thought
you had to be there

[symphony]

you had to be there
in the wonders of a day-
a wonderful day

[firefangled]

a wonderful day
is rain that stops in mid air
each drop a new world

[princesspoppi]

I love the haiku firefangled!

each drop a new world
endless possibilities
freedom forever

[mazHur]

freedom forever
from the chains of future thoughts
from heaven and hell

[kiz_paws]

a wonderful day
is rain that stops in mid air
each drop a new worldooo la la, this was a gem, fire! :nod:


From heaven and hell
there is no escaping Fate
that always teases

[Janine]

that always teases
one onto a higher place
of non-existence

[mazHur]

of non-existence
existence is the substance
exist and perish!

[qimissung]

exist and perish
butterfly on the breeze, then
mere paper ashes

[mazHur]

mere paper ashes
wiped away by the fast wind
stud the sky with larks

[Janine]

stud the sky with larks
blackness acts as the backdrop
shining solar light

[mazHur]

shining solar light
spanning as long as the day
followed by dark night

[qimissung]

followed by dark night
run, try to stay in the day,
escape night's folly

[CdnReader]

mere paper ashes
wiped away by the fast wind
stud the sky with larks

I love this one, Maz.

[djy78usa]

escape night's folly
inside another bottle,
to drown my feelings

[kiz_paws]

To drown my feelings
I clutch the brown bag in shame
you don't want to know

[mazHur]

you don't want to know
how could you be so selfish
okay, I'm leaving!

[zanna]

okay, I'm leaving
back to homework and studies
enough distraction

[mazHur]

enough distraction
enough waste of precious time
let us make some dough!

[qimissung]

let us make some dough
and roll it in some sugar
revel in sweetness

[mazHur]

revel in sweetness
I know the grapes are sour
may give you bad throat!

[kiz_paws]

May give you bad throat
these things you cannot take back
think before you speak

[qimissung]

think before you speak
but your love's a mighty wave
that supplants all thought

[mazHur]

that supplants all thought
is the thought about you
about your love

[kiz_paws]

About your love
what more can I say to you
we are Ying and Yang

[mazHur]

About your love
what more can I say to you
we are Ying and Yang

lovely! Smacks of Chinese erotica!! lol

we are Yin and Yang
our hearts live together
though we are apart!:)

[ampoule]

though we are apart
we are connected through space
it is so eerie

[qimissung]

it is so eerie
as we love in our aerie
my prayers answered

[mazHur]

my prayers answered
we met each other by chance
in the cyber space

[kiz_paws]

In the cyber space
anything can happen, yes
even miracles

[p.s. thanks, Maz!] :blush:

[TheFifthElement]

Even miracles
benefit from a witness -
dew-drops on roses.

[qimissung]

dew drops on roses
linger for a sweet kiss as
the sun arises

[TheFifthElement]

The sun arises,
spills red blood on the cold sea -
sleep 'til the wound heals.

[alakungfu]

sleep 'til the wound heals
in a timely medical
super-suspension

[mazHur]

super-suspension
or a molecular shot
won't help two lovers!

[alakungfu]

won't help two lovers
invest their continuum
brought round back on track

[ampoule]

brought round back on track
again my heart runs smoothly
yes, it thinks it can

[alakungfu]

yes, it thinks it can,
to reference destiny's
radiant gilding

[Haven]

radiant gilding
drifting, icey moonlit shafts
brittle blue-white world

[scaredoldunit]

five syllables fail
seven syllables prevail
leaves they all will fall

[scaredoldunit]

regurgitation
individuality
insubordinate

[scaredoldunit]

what is natural
artificial is from us
cant eat and have too

[ampoule]

Welcome scaredoldunit....I THINK this thread is about taking the last line of the haiku before you, and then continuing with your own. So, I'm gonna do two, one for haven's and one for yours.


radiant gilding
drifting, icey moonlit shafts
brittle blue-white world

brittle blue-white world
when you pushed me in the snow
and then slammed the door


what is natural
artificial is from us
can't eat and have too

can't eat and have too
your cake and kisses
at least at same time

[alakungfu]

Welcome scaredoldunit and nice haikus.

One note: the idea here is to complete the previous poet's last line. That is, take the last haiku's last line and add a second and third line.

can't eat and have too
bad taste in your mouth at worst
drooled advance at best

[alakungfu]

at least at same time
pose two related questions
save a paradigm

[qimissung]

save a paradigm
and a molecule or two
you are my hero

[mazHur]

you are my hero
go and get the enemy
just don't keep scowling!

[kiz_paws]

just don't keep scowling
when asked to take out garbage
remember your vows


[oh I HAD to write that one ... a tease to all those husbands out there who feel abused] ;)

[mazHur]

remember your vows
you said stolen kisses were
the sweetest but now?

[alakungfu]

The sweetest but now?
Do my murmurs draw goosebumps?
Or have you let go?

[mazHur]

Or have you let go?
do you think you are okay?
smile, this is spring time!